Triggering bilayer to inverted-hexagonal nanostructure formation by thiol-ene click chemistry on cationic lipids: consequences on gene transfection.

Afonso, Damien; Le Gall, Tony; Couthon-Gourvès, Hélène; Grélard, Axelle; Prakash, Shipra; Berchel, Mathieu; Kervarec, Nelly; Dufourc, Erick J et al. · Soft Matter · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The ramification of cationic amphiphiles on their unsaturated lipid chains is readily achieved by using the thiol-ene click reaction triggering the formation of an inverted hexagonal phase (HII). The new ramified cationic lipids exhibit different bio-activities (transfection, toxicity) including higher transfection efficacies on 16HBE 14o-cell lines.

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